2 pilots killed after Italian Air Force planes crash mid-air


Two Italian air force pilots were killed Tuesday during an exercise when the light aircraft they were flying collided mid-air and crashed to the ground, Italy’s air force said in a statement.

The two U-208 aircraft crashed near the Guidonia military airport, located around 15 miles northeast of Rome. No injuries on the ground were reported.

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The burned remains of one of the two Italian Air Force aircrafts that crashed in Guidonia on March 7, 2023, is covered with a white cloth. 

The burned remains of one of the two Italian Air Force aircrafts that crashed in Guidonia on March 7, 2023, is covered with a white cloth.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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One of the planes crashed into a car on a narrow residential street lined with apartment buildings; the other landed in a field.

Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her condolences to the pilots’ families and colleagues.

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